Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1887-06-15
STATE, COAST AND ELSEWHERE,

The Erie railway has closed con.
tract for two $4,000 IRON steamers for
Chautauqua lake.
Mr.. Abel of the Baltimore Sun.
with $20,000,000, is said to be the rich
newspaper man IN the world.
The Margurlle mine at Sierra City
was sold last week At Shei ifs sale for
$lO5,0 900 to satisfy judgment
r. B. Armstrong has refused cash
offer of $4,000 for 598 acres of land
near Davisville, Solano county, Cal.
T. I Barnum says that during his
life as IA Snowman he has received
over $S0,00o,oOO from the people.
1t is stated that Lander couHty has
gained over a mile and halt of track
by the new survey of the Z. P. h. r.
W. j. Marsh, the well-known Short
horn breeder of Fort Churchill, is now
u member OF the real estate firm of
McCollum & Blxby, Los Angeles. Cal.
AT an autograph sale in Boston re.
Gently letter of Joha Brown brought
$32, a document signed by Washing.
tnn $22, and one signed by Napoleon
SO "a
Red Bluff, Cal. has shipped this
season about $500 bales OF wool, aver.
aging 300 pounds to the bale, which,
at eighteen cents, the lowest price
paid, amounted to $135, 900.
The suit of the Postal Telegraph
Company against the Northern Pacific
Railroad tor the right of construction
along the line OF the railroad, is on
PTS second trial al Olympia, w. T.
d. o. Mills has gwen about $8000Q
for the purpose of erecting u new
building Oh the grounds Of Bellevue
hospital, which will be used mainly
as a training school for male nurses.
Over $4,000 have been paid out IN
boanties for ground squirrel scalps in
Montana. 1t is thought likely thai an
exir,, session OF lhe Legislature will be
necei ssary to prevent the total depletion
OF ths Territorial treasury.
A seven. inch artesian we'll, flowing
Ia al fI,1. nj, h.p h.,a
deven ped mile and half IRON Will
minglln, Los Angeles County. This is
in section where il was thought I'M.
possible 10 procure artesian water
The g,reat St. Bernard dog, Merchant
Prince, Is dead. He was probably
the largest dog in the country, if not
In the world, his weight being 220
pounds. His owner, john N. Moore,
is said to tlave refused $4,000 for him.
1t is reps ,rted that hidden treasure TO
the value Of $95, 100000 has been dis
covered i'll the palace Of the deceased
Vizier at habat, Morocco. The Sui.
tan, it is said has confscaied the treas.
ure, and is having il conveyed to the
imperial cotit RS.
A bill has D cen introduced into the
Illinois Leg lslature limiting the
amount any pa rson or corporation may
take oy desceni or will. The limit is
set Mt 100000 / n money or 1900 acres
of land to urviving wlic, child or
aIt any surplus goes To
the Stale.
A San Francise o dispatch says that
he deed Of purchase OF the South Pa.
cllic Coast Railro, d from Senator Fair
by the Southern 'aciiic Company has
been made gu, AL signed by Senator
Fair aud the Pq,1llic improvement
10 take q. hect July l.. The
price is, as uefore .entioned, $4,000.
O0o.
There was q show er of stones near
Dolores, IN the volf ianic region OF the
Republic, few weeks ago,
which lasted Tor mp re Than minute.
The stones fell as hick as hail, and
varied in size from pebble To u very
boulder. Great damage
WAS done to trees, hile barns and
,uthouses were demoi shed, many do,
nestle animals killed, and large num-
lers Of wild geese aa d hawks on the
wing.
Mrs. Margaret Powt II, of Samaria,
iropped dead, The othe day, says the
.daho Enterprise, as she Was preparing
o go 10 Church. She la received M.
ice of the allowance 0 | Il pension of
il2 per month, and noiic that S2,4lo
If same would be seut on receipt Of
,rouer vouchers. Her husband had
erve,. during the late w,p". Her death
s supposed Id have been the result oi
Xcilement over her good news. ohe